05-25-2015, 01:56 PM
(05-25-2015, 01:37 PM)bfine32 Wrote: This would make sense if I classified homosexuality simply as deviant behavior. But you are correct; the homosexual community has a history of trying to hitch their wagon to other movements.
Hell there's a movement been going on for some time that tries to relate it to the tone of one's skin.
The whole reason for its listing as a disorder was because it is deviant behavior. Many deviant behaviors have been classified as mental disorders. The problem with the reasoning in doing so is that oftentimes, deviant behavior causes other disorders to manifest simply because of the societal pressures placed on someone. You mentioned Freud considering paranoia and homosexuality to be inseparable. There is a reason for that, and it is because of the societal views of the behavior causing paranoia and depression to often manifest.
Homosexuality is not a disorder, but when people treat it as if it is it can cause mental disorders to actually develop.
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